Shloka 8
याज्ञसेनी-प्रश्नः
Draupadī’s Question in the Assembly
अन्धका यादवा भोजा: समेता: कंसमत्यजन् । नियोगात् तु हते तस्मिन् कृष्णेनामित्रघातिना,अन्धकों, यादवों और भोजोंने मिलकर कंसको त्याग दिया तथा उन्हींके आदेशसे शत्रुघाती श्रीकृष्णने उसको मार डाला
andhakā yādavā bhojāḥ sametāḥ kaṁsam atyajan | niyogāt tu hate tasmin kṛṣṇenāmitraghātinā ||
അന്ധകർ, യാദവർ, ഭോജർ—എല്ലാവരും ഒന്നിച്ചു കംസനെ ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു; അവരുടെ നിയോഗപ്രകാരം ശത്രുഘാതിയായ ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണൻ അവനെ വധിച്ചു.
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the removal of a tyrant as a dharmic, community-sanctioned act: when a ruler becomes intolerable, the people may withdraw allegiance, and authorized action to end oppression is distinguished from personal revenge.
Vidura cites an example from Kṛṣṇa’s earlier life: the Andhakas, Yādavas, and Bhojas unite, abandon Kaṁsa, and—acting under their mandate—Kṛṣṇa kills Kaṁsa.